Since 2013, Korea's first and most specialized expert network — connecting global decision-makers with the insights that only true local depth can deliver.
To those who seek to understand Korea —
Nathan Research Group was founded in Seoul in 2013 — Korea’s first locally established expert network. At a time when global firms covered Korea remotely from Hong Kong or Tokyo, we chose to build from the ground up, in the heart of Asia’s fourth-largest economy.
Our conviction was simple. Korea’s corporate landscape — its chaebol structures, fast-moving technology sectors, and distinctive regulatory environment — demands a depth of local understanding that cannot be delivered from a distance.
More than a decade on, that conviction still defines us. We are Korea’s most specialized expert network, trusted by the world’s leading private equity firms, hedge funds, consultancies, and corporations for ground-level insight on the Korean market.
Nathan Choi
Founder & CEO — Nathan Research Group
“We are not the biggest network. We are the deepest — and for Korea, depth is everything.”
Nathan Research Group
01Depth Over BreadthWe don’t try to cover every market on earth. We go deeper into Korea than anyone else — because your most critical decisions deserve specialists, not generalists.
02Trust & IntegrityEvery interaction is governed by our rigorous compliance framework. We protect our clients, our experts, and the integrity of every insight that flows through our network.
03Client ObsessionOur team doesn’t just process requests — we understand your investment thesis, your strategic context, and your timeline. Then we deliver precisely matched experts who move your decision forward.
04Local AuthenticityWe are Korean. We think in Korean, read Korean filings, navigate Korean business culture natively, and maintain relationships that only years of local presence can build.
We don’t try to cover every market on earth. We go deeper into Korea than anyone else — because your most critical decisions deserve specialists, not generalists.
Every interaction is governed by our rigorous compliance framework. We protect our clients, our experts, and the integrity of every insight that flows through our network.
Our team doesn’t just process requests — we understand your investment thesis, your strategic context, and your timeline. Then we deliver precisely matched experts who move your decision forward.
Founder-led since 2013. Five people, four languages, one market.
Eighteen years across financial services and research led to one conviction — that Korea cannot be read from a distance. Nathan founded the firm in 2013 to build what remote coverage never could: native market understanding, trusted local relationships, and a compliance-first model that global decision-makers can rely on.
Lead Research Analyst · APAC
KO · EN · JA
Simon connects clients with experts across APAC, North America, and Europe — with a technically grounded eye that comes from having built the hardware himself. Before NRG, he led EV-charging R&D from concept through mass production, and worked on packaging technologies for next-generation 3D-ICs.
Lead Research Analyst · Learning & Development
KO · EN · DE
Elly leads expert sourcing for complex, cross-market questions and runs the firm's internal learning & development. Nearly a decade in Europe — most of it in Germany, running projects end to end at a Berlin agency — taught her to read the cultural and market nuance that makes a match precise.
Lead Research Analyst · North America
KO · EN
Jenna covers the North American market, where cross-border communication is the work itself. Born in Seoul and raised across the United States and Japan, she started in journalism — publishing as a correspondent writer, then interning at Chosun Media — before moving through marketing and PR. Discretion and precision are the through-line.
Lead Research Analyst
KO · EN
Jaehyeon manages the full lifecycle of an engagement — from the client's first question to the matched expert interview. He came to research from the factory floor: manufacturing operations and quality control at a Samsung Electronics supplier, working on-site with production teams. It shows in how he scopes industrial questions.
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We are Korean. We think in Korean, read Korean filings, navigate Korean business culture natively, and maintain relationships that only years of local presence can build.